The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-27
Retrospect,


'Twould be to clasp in memory's light,
Those old time friends that wander
Across the oceans brny team,
In classic Greece or papal Rome.
ThrO lapsing years their hearts sunshine,
Deep as the glow age Sets on wine.
Ill could call tonight
From out heavens airy space
Swift to my eager-yearnng sight,
One long-lost angel face
'Twould be my mothers seraph FORM
Bent low, to give one more in life,
The lethe of times bitter strife.
Roll back, thou silent shadowy gnome,
And give me mother, friends, and home
INDIA BARTON HAYS.
WOMEN have always been accredited with
thinking more of their personal appearance
than men; doing more to preserve their good
looks if they have any, and if not, enhancing
such as they have, so as to appear to the best
advantage. Now we contend this is Just as it
should be: a woman should DO all She can to
preserve her complexion and general good
looks. There is difference between preserv-
ing and repairing. We do not approve of the
use OF artificial aid to assist good looks, for all
cosmetics injure the complexion, but it is right
to use all natural means to preserve the skin.
So many women as soon as they marry seem
indifferent as to their personal appearance and
SSt HloIC iAiOtO CdIGlesS. luIS IS
all wrong; every man living likes to see his
wife retain the beauty and charms that won
him, and there is no adage truer than the one,
that, "it is easier to gain mans love than to
keep it, would that all women would remem-
Der this and be more careful of pleasing the
one in whose eyes above all others they ought
10 appear we'll. 1t makes no difference if
youth is passing away and middle age is upon
you, learn to grow old gracefully, as so many
dear old people do. But you will ask what
are we to do to preserve our looks? Use cold
water in abundance; soap ON the face is
injurious, and the use Of powder does much
harm; many young girls ruin their complexion
for life by the use of Lilly White and other
cosmetics rubbed on and in with cloth be-
ware of them. A harmless preparation of
prepared chalk put on lightly with puff after
washing the face, is both pleasant and harm
less. Avoid colored powders and paint,
"Blocm of YOUTH and such means of beauty
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives some new ideas on
wrinkles, which are good. She says in her
talk to women SO many things that it would be
well for women to know on this subject, that
] give it to you i'll her own words, thinking it
may interest you, as it has me, and may be
help to many of our young people at least.
She says: MANY young people lay the first
foundation for wrinkled forehead by the
careless habit Of lifting the eyebrows when
looking at any object above the level of the
head. 1 recall many Gliding when a child
from my mother ON this score, which l appre-
ciated later III life. Perfect composure of the
features under all phases of emotion not only
Indicates good breeding, but also insures pre-
tracted youthfulness Of outline. The habit of
contracting the brows over hard lesson soon
wears one or more perpendicular lines between
vii, 10 a. fha faaa OTTO
Every unnatural grimace expressive of anger
or annoyance, amusement OF mirth, is foe to
youth and beauty. Every unnecessary contor-
ton of the face in laughteris an advance agent
for wrinkles. do not refer to those cunning
little peek-a-boo lines which fit about the
eyes OF some mirthful people. They do not
disfigure or age any face but l mean the
twistings and writings of the features which
many nervous persons indulge in to accent
their mirth.
ST once read book in which the author
claimed to have discovered the reason why SO
many beautiful faces were always to be found
among the Sisters of Charity and the nuns.
He said it was i'll great measure due to the
daily habit of composing the features in long
hours OF meditation and prayer. Unmarried
by contending emotions, they were gradually
nodded into harmonious outlines. The most
expressive face is not the one which writhes or
agonizes with every sorrowful feeling, or
twists and sQuirms with every amusing sensa-
ton; it is rather the one which retains a calm
exterior while the strongest emotions of the
soul play upon it with their lights and shadows
The face should be the smooth curtain on
which the heart exhibits its varied pictures
without disturbing it, not the stage which re-
quires the shifting of scenery for every act.
"In closing my talk with ladies on this sub
feet, would classify and sum up ray advice
something like this:
"Train your features to composure and avoid
all grimacing habits
Exercise much in the open air.
"Use oils, creams and fruit freely in your
diet,
"Drink simple, blood-purifying herb teas fire.
quenty.
"And in addition to this you must keep your
minds busy, your thoughts cheerful and your
souls free from bitterness if you would pre-
serve a fresh attractive exterior beyond the
feeting spring-time of youth"